Program Quick Facts

Available Online or On Campus

On Demand

Fee:
$200

Note:
This certificate is non-credit but it does qualify for continuing education units.

RVE Prep

On-Demand - On your own schedule/at your own pace

The program is a 5 week online course that teaches the essential content needed to pass both the Reading for Virginia Educators: Elementary and Special Education AND Reading for Virginia Educators: Reading Specialist exams. These exams are necessary for students seeking the following endorsements as per Virginia State licensure regulations:

Early/Primary Education preK-3, Elementary Education preK-6, Special Education-General Curriculum, Special Education-Hearing Impairments, and Special Education-Visual Impairments, as well as an endorsement as a reading specialist.

Program Description:

The objective of this course is to prepare students for these exams, and, thus, the benefit this course brings to the community is in training competent professionals who are equipped with the proper skills to serve children in the above capacities. The individual benefits from this course by being fully prepared for the RVE exam.

Both of these assessments are offered by Educational Testing services. Comprehensive information about these assessments is found at:

Access

5 weeks from start date. After this 5 week prep course is finished, you will still be able to go on Blackboard and access your course materials (e.g. worksheets, study materials) to study for the actual exam.

Who Should Attend:

Students who need to take and pass this test for licensure.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

Distinguish between different assessment and screening measures for evaluating language proficiency and reading skills, and understand their respective uses.

Describe uses of assessment data to plan reading instruction.

Explain and understand development of oral language and oral communication skills. Explain how to create a learning environment that is respectful of, and responsive to, linguistic and cultural diversity.

Integrate strategies for communicating and collaborating with all members of educational community to address goals of the reading program.

Apply knowledge of elements of reading, reading instruction, and leadership skills to prepare an organized written response to a constructed response question.

Apply knowledge of reading assessment and instruction to prepare an organized written response to a case study of an elementary school student.

Price for Certificate:

$200

Program Schedule:

On-Demand - On your own schedule/at your own pace

Professional and Continuing Education Accreditation

Counselors: Regent University, is an NBCC-Approved Professional and Continuing Education Provider (ACEP) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program.

This course meets or exceeds the requirements of continuing education for counselors.

Sue Crosland is a K-12 coordinator in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction with the Virginia Beach City Public Schools. She has been a coordinator for 11 years. Her area of expertise is K-5 literacy. She writes curriculum, develops and conducts professional development for both teachers and administrators, works with teachers and administrators to improve instructional delivery, provides training for the elementary reading specialists, coordinates the Extended Day Kindergarten Program, and conducts parent workshops.

She also has been a PALS Instructional Specialist, a classroom teacher, and a Reading Recovery teacher in the Virginia Beach City Public Schools.

Sue is an adjunct professor at Regent University and teaches the following classes: